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Meaning of shifting cultivation | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An agricultural system in which plots of land are cultivated temporarily, then abandoned (usually when the soil shows signs of exhaustion, or when overrun by weeds) and allowed to revert to their natural vegetation.

uncountable

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

shifting executory interest shifting spanner shiftingness Shiftless Shiftlessly Shiftlessness

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